# Dataminr funding: rounds and investors

> Dataminr has raised $587M across 10 rounds since 2010. Investors include NightDragon, Venrock and IVP. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/dataminr (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Growth startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Dataminr*

10 rounds we have observed, with the 20 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

AI Big Data & Analytics Cybersecurity Financial Services

Valuation: $4.1B, Mar 2026

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$587M** raised across 10 rounds since 2010, from 11 sources

**$130M** Series D **$221M** Round

- **Latest round:** Growth, $100M Apr 2025
- **Led by:** Fortress Investment
- **Biggest round:** $221M Round · Jun 2018
- **Investors:** 20 (3 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024

**$2.0M** Venture

**$1.1M** Venture

**$17M** Series B

**$30M** Series C

**$130M** Series D

**?** Secondary

**$221M** Round

**$85M** Round

**$100M** Growth

- **First round:** Venture, $2.0M
- **Biggest round:** $221M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 9 months

## The rounds

- **Apr 2025** Growth **$100M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Fortress Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fortress-investment-group) Lead [NightDragon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nightdragon) Reported by AlleyWatch and 1 other
- **Mar 2025** Round **$85M** *2 new* [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) Lead [NightDragon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nightdragon) Lead Reported by TechCrunch
- **Jun 2018** Round **$221M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by Axios SEC filing: $221M sold, first sale May 2018
- **Sept 2015** Secondary **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [SharesPost Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sharespost-investment-management) From a historical funding record
- **Mar 2015** Series D **$130M** *10 new* *2 returning* [Venrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrock) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) [Credit Suisse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/credit-suisse) [Jose Marin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jose-marin) [Tom Glocer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-glocer) [Nicolas Berggruen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nicolas-berggruen) [John Mack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-mack) [Vikram Pandit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vikram-pandit) [Noam Gottesman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/noam-gottesman) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $87M sold, first sale Feb 2015
- **Jun 2013** Series C **$30M** *4 new* [Venrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrock) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [GSV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-capital) [Deep Fork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deep-fork-capital) Reported by finsmes.com SEC filing: $25M sold, first sale Jun 2013
- **Sept 2012** Series B **$17M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by allthingsd.com
- **Jul 2011** Series A **$1.1M** *1 new* *1 returning* [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Andreas Wuerfel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreas-wuerfel) From a historical funding record
- **Apr 2011** Venture **$1.1M** No investor was named in the report. Reported by sec.gov
- **Aug 2010** Venture **$2.0M** *1 new* [Andreas Wuerfel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreas-wuerfel) From a historical funding record

## Funding filed with regulators

Dataminr filed 4 raises, $909M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Mar 2021 **$396M** 120 investors equity of $414M offered SEC Form D
- May 2018 **$392M** 135 investors equity SEC Form D
- Feb 2015 **$87M** 32 investors equity of $130M offered SEC Form D
- Jun 2013 **$34M** 44 investors equity of $34M offered SEC Form D

## Founders and team

From Dataminr's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 16 on the team.

**Ted Bailey** Founder and CEO, Chairman of the Board

- **Balaji Yelamanchili** President and Chief Operating Officer
- **Chris Lehman** Chief Revenue Officer
- **Deb Wolf** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Gary Hacker** Chief Legal Officer
- **Jeff Kinsey** Chief Technology Officer
- **Joel Tetreault** Chief AI Officer
- **Matthew Harrell** Chief Partner Officer
- **Michael DiOrio** Chief Product Officer
- **Tiffany Buchanan** Chief Financial Officer
- **Whitney Benner** Chief People Officer
- **Paul Tierney** Head of Public Sector
- **Daniel O'Connor** Executive Officer i
- **Edward Bailey** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Jason Edelboim** Executive Officer i
- **Jeffrey Kinsey** Executive Officer i
- **Nella Domenici** Executive Officer i

On the board, as filed i *Jeremy Bash* *Nick Beim* *Stephen Dow*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2011 **Series B** 2012 **Series C** 2013 **Series D** 2015 **Secondary** 2015 **Round** 2018 **Round** 2025 **Growth** 2025 [NightDragon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nightdragon) L [Venrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrock) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [Andreas Wuerfel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreas-wuerfel) [HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) L [Fortress Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fortress-investment-group) L [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda)

## Everyone who backed them

[NightDragon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nightdragon) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[Venrock](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrock) VC firm **2** rounds

[IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) VC firm **2** rounds

[Andreas Wuerfel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreas-wuerfel) Angel **2** rounds

[HSBC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsbc) Growth equity **1** round, led 1

[Fortress Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fortress-investment-group) Private equity **1** round, led 1

[BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) VC firm **1** round

[Fidelity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fidelity) VC firm **1** round

[Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) VC firm **1** round

[Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) Angel **1** round

[Credit Suisse](https://millionrounds.com/fund/credit-suisse) VC firm **1** round

[Jose Marin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jose-marin) VC firm **1** round

[GSV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsv-capital) Investment firm **1** round

[Deep Fork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deep-fork-capital) VC firm **1** round

[SharesPost Investment Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sharespost-investment-management) Growth equity **1** round

[Tom Glocer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tom-glocer) Angel **1** round

[Nicolas Berggruen](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nicolas-berggruen) Angel **1** round

[John Mack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/john-mack) VC firm **1** round

[Vikram Pandit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vikram-pandit) VC firm **1** round

[Noam Gottesman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/noam-gottesman) Angel **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 21 firms list Dataminr as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Valor Equity Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Venrex](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venrex) VC firm Per its own site

[Expansion Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/expansion-venture-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Glynn Capital Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/glynn-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Cross Creek](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cross-creek) VC firm Per its own site

[Richmond Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/richmond-global) VC firm Per its own site

[Rosecliff Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rosecliff) VC firm Per its own site

[WorldQuant Ventures LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/worldquant-ventures-llc) VC firm Per its own site

[The Pritzker Organization](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-pritzker-organization) Family office Per its own site

[NM Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nm-capital) Private equity Per its own site

[Smart Partnership Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/smart-partnership-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[1802 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/1802-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Adit Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/adit-ventures) Family office Per its own site

[Carnegie Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/carnegie-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Haymaker Growth](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haymaker-growth) Investment firm Per its own site

[HighGear Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/highgear-ventures) Private credit Per its own site

[InvestX Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/investx-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[KI capital GmbH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ki-capital-gmbh) Corporate VC Per its own site

[NEXT Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/next-investors) Growth equity Per its own site

[Palo Alto Growth Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/palo-alto-growth-capital) Growth equity Per its own site

[Saascorp Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saascorp-holdings) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about Dataminr

### Who invested in Dataminr?

Dataminr's investors include NightDragon, Venrock, IVP, Andreas Wuerfel and HSBC, and 15 more on record. Fortress Investment led its latest round.

### How much has Dataminr raised?

Dataminr has raised $587M across 10 rounds since 2010. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Dataminr last raise?

Dataminr's most recent round was a Growth of $100M in Apr 2025, led by Fortress Investment.

### What was Dataminr's biggest round?

Dataminr's largest round on record is $221M (Undisclosed round), in Jun 2018.

### Who backed Dataminr first?

Dataminr's first round on record, in Aug 2010, was backed by Andreas Wuerfel.

### What stage is Dataminr at?

Dataminr's latest named round is a Growth, in Apr 2025.

### Where is Dataminr based?

Dataminr is based in the United States.

### Who led Dataminr's rounds?

HSBC led the Undisclosed round in 2025; Fortress Investment led the Growth in 2025.

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